CfP: Slavery, Migration, and Contemporary Bondage in Africa

The Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation, University of Hull, and the Forced Migration Studies Programme, University of the Witwatersrand, invite submissions for an interdisciplinary conference on Slavery, Migration, and Contemporary Bondage in Africa, 23-25th of September 2009. This conference will focus on linkages between the history of slavery and migration in Africa and contemporary forms of bondage, such as child labour, chattel slavery, child soldiers, descent based discrimination, and human trafficking and the exploitation of migrants. Eight travel bursaries are available for early career scholars based in and/or from Africa. To submit a paper proposal, please send abstracts of up to 300 words, together with a current curriculum vitae to wise@hull.ac.uk, by the 28 February 2009.